| CHAPTER I |
| The General Arrangement of the Garden |
| What to go in for, and what to avoid—Brick walls—Trees, their advantages and disadvantages, etc. |
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| CHAPTER II |
| Lawns, Paths, Beds, and Border |
| How to keep the lawns level—Paths, and how to lay them—Beds and bedding—The new style VERSUS the old—Flower borders and their backgrounds—Improvement of the soil. |
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| CHAPTER III |
| On the Duty of Making Experiments |
| Description of a small yet lovely garden—Colour schemes—A novel way of growing flowers, the spring dell—Variety in the flower-garden. |
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| CHAPTER IV |
| Some Neglected but Handsome Plants |
| The sweet old columbine—Bocconia cordata at Hampton Court—Campanulas as continuous bloomers—The heavenly larkspurs—Christmas roses—The tall and brilliant lobelias—Chinese-lantern plants—Tufted pansies. |
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| CHAPTER V |
| The Conservatory and Greenhouse |
| Mistakes in staging—Some suitable climbers—Economical heating—Aspect, shading, etc.—The storing of plants—No waste space—Frames. |
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| CHAPTER VI |
| The Tool Shed and Summer-House |
| Spades and the Bishop—Weeding a pleasure—Trusty thermometers—Summer-houses and their adornment. |
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| CHAPTER VII |
| Roses for Amateurs |
| Teas—Hybrid perpetuals—Bourbons—Rose-hedges—Pillar roses—Suitable soil. |
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| CHAPTER VIII |
| Enemies of the Garden |
| Slugs, and how to trap them—Blight or green fly—Earwigs—Wireworms—Snails—Mice—Friends or Foes? |
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| CHAPTER IX |
| The Rockery |
| A few hints on its construction—Aspect and soil—A list of alpines—Other suitable plants. |
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| CHAPTER X |
| Trees, and How to Treat Them—Shrubs |
| Some good plants for growing beneath trees—List of hardy shrubs—Climbers—Enriching the soil. |
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| CHAPTER XI |
| The Ins and Outs of Gardening |
| Planting—Watering—“Puddling”—Shelter—Youth and age, in relation to plants—Catalogue defects—A time for everything. |
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| CHAPTER XII |
| The Profitable Portion |
| Fruit, best kinds for small gardens—Size minus flavour—Vegetables—Herbs. |
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| CHAPTER XIII |
| Annuals and Biennials |
| Why they fail—Table of good annuals—Table of biennials. |
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| CHAPTER XIV |
| Window-Boxes |
| How to make them—Relation of box to residence they are intended to adorn—Suitable soil—Window-plants for different aspects. |
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| CHAPTER XV |
| Table Decoration |
| Graceful arrangement—Thick-skinned stems—Preserving and resuscitating flowers—Colour schemes—Table of flowers in season. |
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| CHAPTER XVI |
| The Propagation of Plants |
| By division—By cuttings—By seeds—By layers. |
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| CHAPTER XVII |
| The Management of Room Plants |
| Best kinds for “roughing it”—Importance of cleanliness—The proper way of watering them. |
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| CHAPTER XVIII |
| Various Hints |
| Artificial manures—Labelling—Cutting off dead flowers—Buying plants—Tidiness in the garden, etc. |
